Sr, Python Developer Woodlawn MD (Onsite)

Key Required Skills:

• Experience building scaling and maintaining production-grade Python applications.

Position Description:

• Ensure chatbot reliability safety and compliance through moderation guardrails and abuse prevention.
• Implement monitoring logging and alerting to support production reliability and rapid issue resolution.
• Design and analyze A/B tests to evaluate the impact of changes to chatbot prompts models or features.
• Lead code reviews and enforce best practices to maintain high engineering standards.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines cloud deployments and infrastructure decisions supporting high availability.
• Evaluate and adopt new AI technologies and architectural improvements to support long-term scalability.
• Be proactive adaptable and highly engaged communicate clearly raise risks early and collaborate effectively to deliver high-quality code at speed.
• Communicate with stakeholders and support user feedback.
• Design implement and maintain relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB) to support chatbot functionality session management and knowledge base storage.
• Optimize database queries and ensure data integrity security and scalability.
• Manage document indexing and updates in the knowledge base to ensure accurate and efficient retrieval.

Skills Requirements:

Foundation for Success (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree in computer science Mathematics Engineering or a related field.
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
• 10 years of experience building scaling and maintaining production-grade Python applications.

Factors To Help You Shine (Required Skills)

**Selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance**

**Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn MD 5 days a week**

• Deep expertise building scaling and maintaining production-grade Python applications.
• Understanding of encryption secure data storage and transmission (SSL/TLS).
• Experience implementing secure login systems (e.g. OAuth2 SAML Multi-Factor Authentication).
• Experience with testing frameworks.
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• Familiarity with automated deployment tools (e.g. Jenkins GitHub Actions).
• Strong Python backend engineering experience including API design asynchronous programming and system integration.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation for maintainability and compliance.
• Proficiency in managing and querying both relational databases and vector databases for semantic search.
• Hands-on experience working with AI and LLMs in production environments.
• Solid understanding of key AI/LLM concepts including prompt engineering RAG AI agents context management evaluation and structured outputs.
• Understanding of how to measure LLM performance using frameworks like Ragas TruLens or Arize Phoenix to evaluate faithfulness relevance and safety.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems and make sound architectural decisions in ambiguous environments.
• Strong communication skills with a proven ability to be vocal engaged collaborative proactive and adaptable within cross-functional teams.

How To Stand Out From The Crowd (Desired Skills)

• Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines cloud infrastructure containerization monitoring and logging.
• Prior experience building or operating public-facing high-availability or regulated systems.
• Analyze logs and user interactions to identify usage patterns common queries and areas for improvement.
• Provide recommendations for enhancements based on data analysis to improve chatbot reliability accuracy and user experience.
• Familiarity with AI safety moderation and responsible AI practices.
• Experience working in fast paced startup-like environments.